Rahul slams PM for silence on NEET issue; says he tampered with future of 24 lakh students
‘Allegations against NEET affect credibility of entrance exams in country’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining “silence” on the NEET exam issue and asserted that his party is committed to strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament for ensuring strong policies against paper leaks.
The former Congress president said the arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and added these BJPruled states have become the “epicentre” of paper leaks.
“Narendra Modi, as usual, is maintaining silence on the tampering with the future of more than 24 lakh students in the NEET examination,” Gandhi said in a post on X in Hindi.
“The arrests made in Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana clearly show that there has been organised corruption in the examination in a planned manner and these BJP ruled states have become the epicentre of paper leak,” he claimed.
In the manifesto, the Congress had guaranteed to secure the future of the youth by making strict laws against paper leaks. “While fulfilling the responsibility of the Opposition, we are committed to formulate such tough policies by strongly raising the voice of the youth from the streets to the Parliament and putting pressure on the government,” he said. Gandhi's remarks came after the Supreme Court on Tuesday said even if there was “0.001 per cent negligence” on the part of anyone in the conduct of the NEET-UG 2024 examination, it should be thoroughly dealt with.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said that the allegations of question paper leaks and the controversy about grace marks awarded in the NEET-UG exams for admissions to medical courses have affected the credibility of the entrance test system in the country. Vijayan said that neither the central government nor the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the NEET exam, have been able to provide a satisfactory explanation and address the students' concerns over the irregularities reported in the test.
‘BJP ruled states have become the epicentre of paper leak'